people. i also have stated that it is u.s. policy that qaddafi needs to go go. and we've got a wide range of tools in our military efforts to support that policy. we were very rapid in initiating unilateral sanctions and then helping to mobilize international sanctions against the qaddafi regime. >> rose: joining me now from the eastern city of tobruk is richard engel, chief foreign correspondent for nbc news. >> it's a pleasure, charlie. >> rose: what's your sense of this war? what factors on the ground influence the way you see it? >> the rebels here obviously are very excited that they finally have international support, particularly american support they feel that they have suddenly been recognized by the greatest military in the world, the u.s. military, and that army and air strikes and naval strikes will carry them to tripoli. i'm not sure if that's what the intended message is from the united states but it's how it's been perceived here and the rebel strategy seems to be allow the air strikes to continue to decimate qaddafi's army and they can do this very slow march to trip

light this weekend for u.s. air strikes in libya to stop get off his brutal attacks. but if you violate the constitution and not getting the green light from congress first and a nuclear crisis in japan continues in restarting to see the effects of it on that nation's food supply what do a radiated spinach and milk tell us about just how bad things are in japan. finally gun deaths in america continue to rise it congress doesn't seem willing to do anything about it so is president obama willing to take the lead and pull the trigger on some new gun laws. you need to know this our nation is at war today once again without the constitutionally required debate in congress leading to a declaration of war because john boehner chose to debate defunding n.p.r. and planned parenthood instead and even the decision to president obama. over the weekend more than one hundred cruise missiles were launched by british american forces into the nation of libya taking out critical air defenses to pave the way for enforcement of the no fly zone above that nation military action comes just hours for

the u.s. will be in it for a long time and european nations per unit for longer i don't think it's about it and and i think. there's the possibility that even if gadhafi is killed our he will be seen as a martyr and this will continue it's it's great to caricature an individual as an evil demon for propaganda purposes but without a military without walty an individual can't do anything and taking him out of the picture doesn't necessarily in this in fact are using violence against him rallies his forces around him and turning him to into a martyr might do the same thing we learned today that the president before he gave his you know we're almost done here speech he had already secretly authorized the cia to arm the rebels if they see fit and perhaps they already have. and so we get out from the u.n. resolution not allowing that by secretly ordering the cia meanwhile we learned today that secretary of state clinton reportedly tells the democrats in a conference that if they if congress ends this war the war will go on nonetheless displayed congress sold so we we're nori in congress

that's very early. on friday the president of the u.s. chamber of commerce tom donahue gave a speech in st louis where he championed the need for more regulation of our economy as though thirty years of reaganomics constant deregulation isn't enough and also in that speech were a few dozen protesters who are keenly aware of the effects of deregulation one effect being the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight and they were calling for more governmental oversight on wall street when asked about these protests by a reporter covering the speech dyke you made this flippant and dismissive remark. do you think they even know what a derivative it was as though people who don't understand complex financial instruments like derivatives shouldn't be taken seriously doubt he will also went on to share his opinion that public workers like teachers in wisconsin who make fifty thousand a year a year plus benefits earn salaries that are out of control and are loaded this coming from a guy who made three point seven million a year and is one of the highest paid lobbyist in washington d

republicans in the u.s. house jim jordan tim scott scott garrett dan burton and of course louie gohmert have introduced a bill that would cut off food stamp assistance to the entire family of any person who's involved in a strike so if you're in debt you can be in thrown in prison and you can strike for higher wages to get out of that because then you'll have to sacrifice a little assistance you get from the government to feed your family all of this a republican chairman of the ways and means committee another member of john boehner is band of merry thieves david and often could line the pockets of billionaires with his proposal to drop their top tax rate from thirty five to twenty five percent. starting to see the big picture here how can republicans justify this vote here to try and do just that seen model of president less government. welcome back those pesky poor people do you see yourself we have a robin hood thing that we've got the robin thing exactly wrong the real robin hood of stole from the tax collectors turn to the people who pay the taxes he's. rich well he wasn't necessa

muammar gaddafi. nato officially took over command of all air operations over libya from the u.s. the labor department releases weekly figures today on unemployment benefits. that release comes ahead of the big monthly report on the jobs market. finally, a new study says the cost of health care for retirees has gone down. the steady says that a 65-year- old couple retiring this year will need about $230,000 to cover medical expenses. last year, they would've needed $250,000. fidelity expects the projection to resume its upward trend. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> for more than four decades, the libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant, muammar gaddafi. he has denied his people's freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world. >> follow what leaders are saying about libya and how the process unfolded from the house and senate floor and from author leaders around the world, all online on the c-span video library. follow c-span on twitter. it is the fastest way to get updates as we

their taxes more on the move and called u.s. uncut as in stop cutting benefits for working people to give tax breaks to billionaires later in the show. while our nation is a war in libya in a cloud of radioactivity sweeps across the west coast of the united states speaker of the house john boehner and the rest of his republican cohorts in congress have taken a week off to enjoy the new spring weather. of course for the rest of us any day that republicans are in congress is the day that the middle class isn't getting screwed by their budget cuts unfortunately though in state governments of across the nation conservative governors and lawmakers are picking up on boehner slack and there's a common theme to their crusades if you've heard the story a robin hood then you know exactly what i'm talking about after thirty years of failed reaganomics that has seen the richest one percent of our country accumulate eighty percent of all the new wealth created on the back of working americans over the last thirty years leading to a wealth inequality gap today larger than it any other time in amer

, living in an economy where there is a u.s. and in the u.s.s.r., what is the role in this adulation? who has access to arms and weapons? for example, what is going on in mexico right now with the house world arms trade? host: we're talking with all of you today. you can call in about your thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the reagan assassination attempt, or you can send as a tweak on twitter. there are the addresses. we are also asking the question on our facebook page. if you want, you can continue that conversation on that side as well. montana on the republican line. caller: i am a republican. host: and you are on the air. caller: high among the republican committee of great falls, montana. i am a republican. hello? host: you have to turn your television down. that is why we're having confusion here. an independent scholar, that morning. caller: i am 27 years old, so i was born about that time. but i went for social studies of that nature. there was a lot of racial disparity, well our clients and all day, to make the majority of white folks look get blacks as lazy, did not wan

more than one hundred missiles fired on libya by britain and the u.s. as foreign forces push forward operation odyssey dawn vowing to get burnell khadafi out of the picture. as the international community steps up again fights to stop code on the force is it need a hand with his nation for protection on points given in the capital city of tripoli just a few moments days. washington claims its military involvement in libya will be limited but for some americans it's deja vu with fears of a repeat of the iraq operation. the pentagon says gadhafi air defenses have been severely disabled i'll be back with more from washington in just a few minutes and russia calls on all sides to put an end to the violence while terming foreign intervention in libya is regrettable joins me in a few moments for the latest reaction from both sco. three pm in moscow i'm match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story an american military official says american and allied forces have effectively established a no fly zone over libya and halted an offensive by colonel gadhafi forces on re

who u.s. troops respond to. is it the u.s. military or nato? the present will talk about this tomorrow. guest: this shows that there is a concern at the white house about congress and the broader american public if they understand the mission or support the mission. that will be an issue for the next few days for the white house to address this and obama to define what his ideas are and how he wants to get there. host: we have the aljazeera washington chief and we have the reporter for "the washington post." good morning. caller: i am curious -- does any of this have to do with the arab countries and the turmoil? the issue that nobody wants to talk about has to be there. it has to be included in cnn. it is the country of israel. we have to get the shield away and not be able -- afraid to talk about the issues of israel and the palestinians. host: we will put that issue on the table right now. thank you. guest: the viewer raises a very important point. israel has as we all know, for several decades, been saying that one of the things that works for it as a non-arab state is tha

reached 2.97 trillion u.s. dollars, and the openness of the economy increased rapidly. china's international prestige and influence grew significantly. we played an important and constructive role in international affairs. in fact, we safeguard the the national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and we made major progress in our all around diplomacy. we hosted bay of pigs and beijing technology expo. the chinese nation has cherished this for a century. [applause] these brilliant achievements clearly show the advantaging of socialism of chinese culture, the good power of reform, and opening up. it quickly increased the confidence and pride of our people of all ethnic groups, strengthed the capacity of the chinese nation, and we site to forge hands on our historic. [applause] the following are our main accomplishments of the past five years. first, the strengthening and improving macrocontrol and spurring study and rapid economic development. we'll pay close attention to the orientation, focus, and strength of macrocontrol and fund initiatives on economic work. in

., reporting that more people had died in the villa, at what point does the u.s. say that now we are going to do something? how many people have to die? how many threats to their need to be to our energy needs? >> jake, i would simply say -- and remind you -- when you say that this has been a couple of weeks already, that is a remarkably short period of time from the time when colonel gaddafi was perceived to be, and was, in control of his country to the point where the international community is imposing substantial and punishing sanctions on him and his regime. the international community, speaking with one voice, calling for him to step down and cease the violence against his own people. we are talking about a matter of days and weeks that this has transpired within. i am aware of the ongoing violence. as the president just did with australia, we are again calling on the libyan regime to stoppin the in humane, brutal, unacceptable assaults on its own people. and for colonel gaddafi to step aside, as he has lost legitimacy in the eyes of his people and the world. >> i was not -- i

welcome to the program three u.s. b. two stealth jets reportedly dropped forty bomb on a major libyan air field as the operation against gadhafi regime moves into its second day a campaign is being led by france britain and the united states on the scale not seen in our world since the iraq war he supports there is in tripoli where explosions and. gunfire happened over night. well the latest reports we are receiving say that some forty bombs had been dropped by three american the twelve stealth bombers on a major libyan if feels now we have new information about that at this moment but i can certainly tell you that the mood here in the capital city is incredibly tense and incredibly angry there is a demonstration taking place a short distance from where i'm talking to you from men women and i saw even some children who have come out to protest and condemn the international community's reaction and attacks on libya now we do know that later today sunday the top decision making body of nato will be holding a meeting to decide whether or not the coalition is going to be part of these airstri

do you think? caller: the u.s. should not interfere in the affairs of other countries without their expression. host: bobby, your thoughts? caller: absolutely not. we have had our own brave men and women killed as soldiers and contractors. i do not understand what is up with this obama. he wants his own historical war that he can win. we saw the same thing with bush. we are not the world's policeman. i do not know what it will take to learn this. complete, total rock bottom. why not bring out these unmanned aerial vehicles? host: giving you a feel for what is happening on the ground this morning, here is the associated press saying -- host: here is the front page of "the guardian" this morning. it says that britain backtracked over its military stance regarding libya last night. host: also, "the financial times" this morning, "alarm over libya." coastal los angeles, victor, a democrat, what do you think? caller: in the african continent we have different priorities. why not use these countries in africa? we have pushed most of the presidents of the african continent. it would be eno

experiencing right now more on that issue in a few minutes. coming out the u.s. war in libya breakdown the latest developments of congressman dennis kucinich and charles were. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime. i think. either one well. whatever government says the can feel safe to grab it because their freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear see some other part of it and realize everything. i'm sorry is a big. polish and forces have shifted their libyan bombing campaign to the city of misrata where pro get out the forces have relentlessly attack rebels and innocent civilians living within the city also there are reports that a deal has been worked out to shift command of the no fly zone from the united states to a coalition of nato allies played a very near future nato warships have now begun patrolling the coast of libya to enforce an arms embargo as part of the operation so far as to most of how much this mission is costing coalition forces close to a billion dol

. damage running into some $30 billion u.s. the government says it has already paid compensation to half of those affected by this tsunami. in one area, the situation is better. the city's south of santiago was badly damaged. seven people were killed, and even the city hall in the church were destroyed. but when you're on, the mayor is optimistic. -- one year on. construction work is proceeding at a good pace. >> [speaking foreign language] [translation in german] >> in may year managed to convince a organizations to help with their plans -- the mayor managed to convince aid organizations. again, old materials are being reused. only cla is missing. -- clay is missing. >> the school has been providing help to this area for almost one year. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> the school also found a donor willing to provide two years' worth of health-care supplies for the center. the mayor is visiting a family that will be the first of 700 to get a proper house. i asked why things have not improved faster in this area. >> [speaking foreign language] [translation in german] many feared

our oil right though the largest user of oil in the us it is our u.s. military and if we were to say you know we're going to end the war in iraq we're going to end the war in afghanistan we're going to bring people home i mean we're spending over a thousand dollars a gallon to get gasoline into afghanistan to our soldiers why because the cost of transporting it there which is being done with diesel fuel and gasoline jet fuel i mean at what point do we say this is knots we're going to strip the strategic value of oil the same way that the danes are doing that building a fleet of electric cars are going to strip the strategic value out of it by simply making it no longer the thing that ninety eight percent of our transportation is running on but instead make it only ten twenty thirty percent of our transportation and we can we can and let ourselves. is time for a daily poll your chance to tell us what you think publicans have a new tactic to try to win back the white house in two thousand and twelve and as to kick president obama off the ballot in several states eleven states in our na

and the history of american sports is no different. british french and u.s. warships converge on libya preparing to launch a decisive strike on colonel gadhafi forces and libya's internal warfare. the regime is maintaining a ceasefire while they both say they still being bombarded join me point to see it from inside tripoli in just a few moments. what washington is accused of cherry picking where it intervenes rapidly mobilising for libya while innocent civilians die another nation is torn by internal strife. plus this hour radiation risk grow as japan struggles to save its crippled nuclear site eight days after the nation was overwhelmed by the powerful earthquake and tsunami. and japan's nuclear power is being called into question time and size they've sent the state since the sake of. eight am in moscow i met reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the united states and britain and france have issued an ultimatum for the libyan leader to accept an immediate cease fire or face airstrikes this came soon after the u.n. security council resolution to enforce a no f

the last five years and paid virtually no u.s. income taxes after all why in corporate welfare we get when you can just cut billions from the middle class there's a larger issue here salt used to be something the country's went to war for if you look back over the history of the human racial see you know the roman empire went to war for salt alexander the great went to work went to war for so empires literally went to war for so the british empire saw it was so important that it was against the law. for the indian people who. say they have oceans on two sides or all around i guess arguably subcabinet they would make salt or they would let the salt you know that when the tide comes in and they build these big wooden things in the and it kind of catch the water and dry it and they gather that salt it was against the law for them to use that salt themselves they had to send it to england and that this is the salt protests and the of the weaving prohibited protests which is a bit of a digression or what gandhi was all about he was like no i'm going to go out make my own salt even though i

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battle -- the bbc middle east. it starts with jeremy bowen in london. >> the u.s. jets returning to their base in italy. the decision to use air power against colonel gadhafi in libya was taken quickly, so quickly that they are still sorting out the politics behind it. if that is one reason for the london conference, assembling ministers and diplomats from 40 countries, and the arab league and the african union to back u.n. resolutions. though thertheir enthusiasm for military action varies. the mandate to protect civilians also means taking sides in a civil war. >> we made the right choice, that was to draw a line in the desert sand to halt the murderous advance of gaddafi's forces. no one has yet to explain when or how that commitment ends. the conference also said -- started the process toward more legitimacy. this is the closest of rebels have to a political leadership and would like more help on the ground, too. >> the americans said they would consider arming the rebels. is that something you would like? >> you can see that they are fighting with machine guns, etc. >> the u.s., fran

power? italy has proposed exile while france, the u.s., and britain want to see him put before the international criminal court. the british hosts of the conference, however, have been stressing points of unity. >> the participants have affirmed the importance of full and swift implementation of the security council resolutions and our strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and national unity of libya. we will be pursuing additional sanctions on individuals and entities associated with the regime. >> delegates say the ongoing airstrikes against the gaddafi regime are just a first at which must be followed by political process. they have agreed to set up an international contact group to decide which course that would take. >> we covered the meeting in london. france said they would consider garmin the rebels directly. this is something that they did not agree on. -- france said that they would consider forming -- arming the rebels directly. >> hillary clinton thinks that arming would not be contrary to the u.n. resolution. very few concrete thing

basis. first, demonstrable need -- gaddafi's regime has ignored the demand of the u.s. security council 1970, that it stop the violence against the libyan people. his forces have attacked peaceful protesters and are now preparing for a violent assault on a city a million people that have a history dating back to 0.5000 years. then become -- have begun airstrikes on what we expect to be air, land, and sea forces. every home will be searched and there will be no mercy and no petition on. if we want any sense of what that might mean, we only have to see in what happened to so we zawia. human rights watchers have catalogued the appalling human rights atrocities that are being committed. mr. speaker, that is the demonstrable need. we said there must be clear which of the people of libya and the wider region for international action. it was the people of libya through the national council who were the first to call for protection through a no-fly zone. i would say this. it really has been remarkable how arab leaders have come forward and condemned the actions of the dot the's governme

not born here in the u.s. but our riley basically told trump he was crazy for believing all that burger crap so tonight we think that the d.n.c. should tweet you know it's sad when bill o'reilly has to be the voice of reason and that's it for tonight's well thanks for tuning into me back tomorrow robert francis will be on the show to discuss the latest out of libya and the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the alona show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's program or any other nights you can always catch all the flash the ownership puts the interviews as well as the show in its entirety coming up next is the news with the latest headlines from the us around. as you know song was sixteen years old when he committed these murders that's not inside the song so it should not be punished for his crimes so on is being honest no rational person and then i doubt someone has been punished and has been punished and will be punished. by sours must be executed for the brutal crime committed this is a punishment this is not. a mention. saying. consta

>>> i want to on "nightline" another war? the breaking plus. u.s. and allies prepare to intervene in the bloody war in libya after the u.n. authorizes military action against gadhafi's forces. >> and in a worldwide exclusive, gadhafi's sons talk from tripoli tonight. >>> plus, nuclear code red. we have the latest on the desperate efforts of the japanese to stop the deadly chain of events from turning into a all-out nuclear catastrophe. are they at the point of no return? >>> and the inconvenient truth. the race to cool a stockpile of radioactive fuel rods getting dangerously hot and what scientists fear if that race is lost. captions paid for by abc, inc. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin in libya where the u.s. and its allies appear poised to take military action on the heels of a u.n. resolution earlier this evening imposing a no-fly zone over the country and authorizing quote, all necessary measures to protect civilians. hours earlier, libya -- we spoke to gadhafi's son. christiane joins me now. you were just in libya, what can you tell us? >> well, i think they

on the scene live from moscow i'm alex habits u.s. president brock a ball has reportedly signed secret orders allowing cia teams and to libya as i gather intelligence and some top links with rebels meanwhile the u.k. says it's not offering immunity to the libyan foreign minister moussa koussa he's arrived in britain saying he's no longer willing to work under the regime of kind of gets out the. clear has the latest from tripoli. well there have been airstrikes in the east and south eastern suburbs of tripoli at a military base there while the front line seems to have been pushed ever so further back it is now not far from the town of ajdabiya which is just seventy kilometers weights of the rebel stronghold of benghazi there have been a number of coalition air strikes in and around darby i would switch thirty dozen jets where the coalition is afraid that gadhafi forces are closing in on this town and also they can often find a job or two for gadhafi forces now the terrain that a group of fighters are fighting on is working against them it is essentially one highway image is that

anything to do with china and are essential to get right to make sure the u.s. and european countries are on track. >> host: it's almost as if there's a couple of different books in one book. there is your story of the decline of the west, your story of the rise of the east and the lines are going to cross. >> guest: i think this is you can argue there's an absolute part for short talking about the west and its isolation and issues going out there and going in an amazing time and other european economies have done the unthinkable moving hundreds of millions of people out of poverty so this is going to naturally be able to question as well. >> host: let's talk about what is going wrong in the west. >> guest: first of all its important that in terms of the context of my work i talk about the unintended consequences, things that sound like a good intentions but actually yield bad outcomes and what i have done is to focus on the three key ingredients economists focus on as the drivers of economic growth and there is a capital that is basically money, labor that is the work force and then

>> today on "christian world news" war over libya. once again the u.s. takes military action in a muslim nation. what does it mean for the church in the middle east? >> plus -->> we got everything we need. we are so fortunate. what can we do to help? >> truckload of compassion, a ministry distributing to japan. >> from the uk, the christian counselor that could lose his job for telling a gay man homosexuals can change. >> revolutions and military strikes in the middle east raise concerns for the region's christian. hello everyone i am wendy griffith. >> and i am george clooney. george thomas. the united states put together the coalition enforcing a no-fly zone over the nation of libya. state goal, to protect libyan citizens by a massacre by moammar gadhafi's forces. the conflict is raising forces about western interventions in muslim nations. specifically, charges of a christian crusade against the islamic face. cliffton clark is an associate professor of global missions at regent university. recently i spoke with him about this very issue. >> do muslim nations see the u.s. throug

intervention. well the u.s. vice president meets russian leaders in moscow and they're going to talk about libya among other things. now i've asked congress should all hearings on the radicalization of america's muslims for fear of the start we'll look at what lies behind it and the fears that it's a little more than a religious which i. live for a mosque or you're watching our t.v. thanks for joining us now russia has decided to impose sanctions against gadhafi his regime banning the exports of weapons and military equipment but it's part of mounting pressure for action against libya following fresh clashes between rebels and the government shelling and airstrikes from colonel gadhafi supporters have pushed the opposition more than a thousand people are thought to have died since the uprising broke out almost a month ago locals are still united in their determination to keep out of foreign intervention and later on thursday nato defense officials and e.u. foreign ministers will need to brussels to discuss what moves they could make our correspondent daniel bushell is there for us. m

have anything to do with china and really are essentials to get right to make sure the u.s. and european countries are on the right track. >> host: is almost like there's a couple of different books in one book. there is your story of the decline of the west. the rise of the east, and i guess the basic premise is that the lines are going to cross. >> you can argue that there is an absolute part talking about the west and its isolation and with the issues are going on there and of course we live in an easing time when china and the other emerging economies have done the unthinkable moving these people of poverty so it is going to be in the year relevant question as well which is what i have done in the book. >> let's start by talking about what is going on in the west. >> guest: sure. i think it's important that in terms of the context of my work i talked about the unintended consequences, things that seemingly undersurface from the good intention but actually yield bad outcomes and what i've done in this book is to focus on the three key ingredients that economists focus on as t

interesting, in some cases they sell overseas initially, and these are u.s. company that is have their core base here. the good news is i think if we meet the object i haves -- objectives that we've talked about, we will stimulate clean technologies, software, hardware, all of the real disruptive technologies that we are talking about. they are global, their competitors are global, they have to be global. i think if we do the right thing, we are going to do well by exports. which is real positive. >> this is a really important point. we tend to maybe think of these things in silos. but one the president's key initiatives is doubling exports over the next five years. and, of course, that involves, you know, large companies, boeing and others. when you look at the numbers, the real way we're going to do is in increasing in the small and medium-sized enterprises. turns out that 30% of the exports are from small and medium-sized enterprises. and that's disproportionally small. and there's only 250,000 small companies that export. so if you look at the math, there's almost three milli

u.s. and britain and france are launching air and missile strikes on his forces this follows a u.n. resolution forcing a no fly zone over the country. washington claims its military involvement in libya will be limited but for america some americans it's deja vu with fears of a repeat of the iraq operation meanwhile the u.s. has confirmed its jets struck forty bombs on a major libyan air field. russia urges all sides involved in the libyan crisis to put an end to the violence calling any foreign military action regrettable government officials say the media ceasefire is the best but. not stars he looks at the real giuliana sanjian wiki leaks to assess whether it's the dream of an idealist or a tool to manipulate global politics stay with us. the website once again tapping. the last. stand is chili and such read think that adults are to touch it and watch out of the bag which exists under attack. he says he has a dream a world without secrets the first step in the for the state is through to get information out of the real world today anyone can find out what information the governm

about 45 minutes, former u.s. comp then, political strategist maria cardona and john feehery and we will discuss the arab world with a former u.s. ambassador to morocco, marc ginsburg. on this channel, "washington journal" is next, live with your phone calls. later today, we will give you a brown paper -- roundtable that will include the mayor of boston, st. paul, the minnesota, green though, mississippi, and sacramento, california. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] host: the video on your screen is some of the latest footage on the air raids in libya, courtesy of the aljazeera network. with the president act in town, questions are being raised about u.s. policy and goals in libya. that is our discussion this morning on the "washington journal" as we go through the newspapers. what do you think? how is the president handling the libya conflict so far? 202 is the area code -- how do you think the president is handling the libyan conflict. yesterday speaker john boehner sent this letter to the president. speaker boehner list several questions he asks the question

energy problems that have nothing to do with china and essential to get right to make sure the u.s. and european countries are back on track. >> host: it's like a couple different books in one book. there's the story of the decline of the west, the rise of the east, and the basic premise of the lines are going to cross. >> guest: you can argue there's an absolute part for sure talking about the west in isolation and what the issues are going on there, and then, of course, we live in an amazing time of china and other emerging economies have done the unthinkable, moving hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty. of course, that's answering the ire relative question as well which is what i've done in the book. >> host: let's start by talking about what's going wrong in the west. >> guest: sure. first of all, i think it's really important in terms of context of my work, entalk about unintended consequences, good intentions, but yields bad outcomes. what i've done in the book is focus on the three key ingredients. those are capital, basically money, labor, which is basically the work f

replace the u.s. in that lead in the campaign let's go let's get more on this now from our to fall asleep who's waiting for us in tripoli so paula we've heard about continued explosions are from the overnight there we heard about a lack of supplies available to the people of tripoli and surrounding areas what is the situation like now in the libyan capital and what are you hearing about the rest of the country. while the capital city of tripoli is essentially in lockdown we're hearing now that within two days fuel supplies here might very well run out we're also hearing of shortages in food and water now for seven straight nights the city has come under fire from those air strikes from the coalition the residents here are very very frightened many of them are choosing not to go to work to spend their days at home barricaded in their homes because they are very frightened in terms of what will happen in the coming days now the state television is reporting that more than one hundred people have been killed it puts the figure at one hundred and fourteen people killed and some four hundred a

you write it. >>craig: it's now the weeks since the u.s. began firing missiles over libya to enforce united nations approved a no-fly zone. the mission has not been without criticism from republicans. >>reporter: an unusual sight in unusual times. a live in man and the just liberated city, kids thanks for coalition air strikes that have helped give rebels seeking to take down khaddafi the chance to regroup. a successful weekend for the opposition. on sunday they also added to keep oil town to their territory. democratic senator carl chairman of the armed services committee had this to say about who ultimately will decide it the nation's future. >> the people of libya can remove the dictator. we're not going to be the ones to remove him. >> president barack obama was begun america's involvement monday evening. as the white house seeks to answer those who say the mission is not clearly defined. senator john mccain had this to say about his expectations for the president's remarks. >> on the one hand they say its humanitarian, on the other hand if to say khaddafi moscow. i hope the pres

strike on a key oil port. investigators in germany believe the fatal gun attack on two u.s. airmen in frankfurt airport was politically motivated. and and ecb interest rate hike is on the horizon as the bank frets over mounting inflation. ♪ >> france and britain say there will support a no-fly zone over libya if the situation there gets worse. the french foreign ministry says the two countries plan to do everything they can to increase pressure on moammar gaddafi. the libyan leader once more airstrikes on the rebels thursday morning. witnesses say warplanes bombed an oil port. the rebels have appealed for outside help, asking for u.n.- backed airstrikes to end the conflict. >> in the battle zone town, rebels are burying the dead. thousands turned out to join the funeral procession. there are mercenaries hired by gaddafi. they're preparing for new attacks on their town, a strategic seaport with key oil facilities, after recent air strikes, a ground attack by gaddafi's troops appears imminent. >> we're ready to face gaddafi's men. our scouts are telling us they are headed this way.

debate of course of the allied intervention after the u.s. decreases its involvement felt to bring themselves. lost in transition weeks after mass unaddressed in egypt led to regime change there are signs of disenchantment with the outcome of the resolution some optimists say the current political situation will enable former president mubarak now want to stay in power . and the first images of the work are struggling to stabilize the situation at japan's fukushima power plant problem words reports say three more of the so-called nuclear kamikazes have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation if you want to cool the reactor as it was through. and we're continuing our coverage of the latest developments in libya as we sit down now with one of russia's most renew renowned experts in arab and islamic history fessor retired in known as the root cause of the crisis was the fact that colonel gadhafi lost his sense of reality in dealing with major powers that interview is up next. the market after it was never a darling of the grass but just two months ago the walt was pretty comfort

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see as more things and move some troops places in this area that's growing concern the u.s. and the u.k. could be the minute she intervention in the country president obama said he's keeping all options open and is ready to answer the crisis to its. as revolts romo cools the middle east and north africa a.p.l. companies are being recruited to wash away the laws it seems britain spin doctors with us choice for when you vamping a solid image. of the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton campaigns for more funds really washington's message after missing americans losing the media rule the u.s. is already spending over seven hundred million dollars now on international board costing. that sir from a faberge eggs to royal diamonds was the last around down by everything that sparkles. hello and welcome to the shire of our seas above all types of georgia for centuries so join me as we take a look at the ground that exquisite slices of that sols to the local workshops and the laces contempt beside this we begin this week's program one of the oldest working chili factories in russia. it's

critics of the u.s. taking sides in a civil war war of the consequences we help accelerate the chaos. and in creating more chaos we're to we think somehow we're going to be able to direct the outcome it's the same hubris that has visited the united states in iraq the same here bush bad kid shows pinioned in afghanistan causes us to believe that somehow we are going to wreck events and the outcome in libya we cannot do that nor do we have the right to determine who the leader of libya should be many fear radical forces could take advantage of the chaos in libya former jihadist noman bennett men who are now sisal qaeda affiliate and in two thousand says he has to mates one thousand jihadists are among the rebels in libya one day be a rebel commander has openly admitted his fighters have links other reports say terrorists seized libyan surface to air missiles when arsenals were looted nato intelligence reports claim flickers of al qaida and hezbollah have been found among the rebels in libya but maintained there is no reason to believe their presence is significant but a u.s. mili

statesman from about thirty five countries meeting in london to outline the u.s. political future but let's not get some more from our correspondent laura and she is following the meeting for us. we've been showing these publicity shots of these statesmen and these foreign ministers from these thirty five countries they all seem quite eager and happy and content to get involved in what's going on with libya here can you tell us this meeting that's going on today what exactly is expected to be the end result of. well there are a lot of countries represented here in london today between thirty five and forty thirty seven actually by my count in the u.k. plus representatives from nato the european union the united nations and of course importantly the arab league also important to note that russia and china neither of those countries are presidents. that sort of takes out two dissenting voices potentially from around the table because of course they have stains both of those when the when the u.s. voted when the security council voted on the resolution which which took them to libya in the fir

happen to him if he leaves power? italy hasrose exile while france, the u.s., and britain want to see him put before the international criminal court. the british hosts of the conference, however, have been stressing points of unity. >he participants have affirmed the importance of full and swift implementation of the security council resolutionsnd our strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and national unity of libya. weil pursuing additional sanctions on individuals and entities associated with the regime. >> delegates say the ongoing airstrikes against the gaddafi regime are just a first at which must be followed by political process. th he re to set up an international contact group to decide which course that would take. >> we coreth meeting in loon. france said they would consider garmin the rebels directly. this is something that they did noage . -- france said that they would consider forming -- arming the relsirtl >> hillary clinton thinks that arming would not be contrary to e u.n. resolution. very few concrete things have been agreed

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